Headboard attachment bracket for bedframes



Aug. 15, 1961 H. J. SANDS 2,995,761

HEADBOARD ATTACHMENT BRACKET FOR BEDFRAMES Filed July 20, 1959 I .u.|.|l1.|.|. .1 a INVENTOR. 20 /0' z/ HILLARD -J.SANDS BY H ATTYS.

United States Patent 2,995,761 HEADBOARD ATTACHMENT BRACKET FOR BEDFRAMES Hillard I. Sands, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to Harvard Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Filed July 20, 1959,.Ser. No. 828,102 4 Claims. (Cl. -301) The present invention relates to brackets, especially to brackets used for securing bed headboards to bedframes.

Heretofore there has been widespread use of Hollywood bedframes, and many people have bought these modern metal bedframes of the Hollywood type and have wished to use old style headboards with the bedframe, or else have desired to have some new type of a headboard secured to the bedframe.

In all events, there is an appreciable commercial demand for a positive, easily positioned, relatively inexpensive, but sturdy type of a bracket that can be used to secure a bed headboard to a bedframe made from metal rails and having end plates, or similar means provided at the headboard end thereof.

It is the general object of the present invention to furnish an improved bracket of the type described and characterized by the convenience and ease of attachment of the bracket to a bed headboard support leg for securing a bed headboard to a bedframe.

Another object of the invention is to use a bracket of the class described wherein the bracket is made from a U-bolt and a generally L-shaped clamp plate shaped to fit around an end plate on a bedframe or the like.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a. bracket of the class described where the bracket can. be tightened in place by hand to obtain eifective engagement between the bed headboard and a bedframe.

A further object of the invention is to provide a compact bracket designed to secure a bed headboard to a bedframe and protrude therefrom only small distances to beinconspicuous in use.

The foregoing objects and advantages of the invention will be made more apparentas the. specification proceeds.

Attention now is particularly directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bed. headboard and a bedframe secured together .by use. of. a bracket embodying the principles of the invention;

FIG.2 is a perspective view ofthe bracket of-FIG'. .1;

FIG. S is afragmentary, enlarged perspective view of -a bed headboard-support legwith an associatedi bracket and bedframe side rail associated therewith; and

FIG. 4 is a horizontal section taken through the bracket assembly of FIG 3.

When referring to corresponding members shown in the drawings and referred to in the specification, corresponding numerals are used to facilitate comparison therebetween.

The present invention, in general, relates to the combination of a bed headboard having support legs, a bedframe having vertically extending end plates on the bedframe at the headboard end thereof, and bracket means engaging the end plates and the support legs to secure the bedframe to the bed headboard. The bracket means of the invention includes a generally L-shaped clamp plate with a laterally extending tab thereon, which clamp plate is contoured to lie against the inner face of the end plate on a bedframe, the clamp plate having a foot section with such foot section and the said tab protruding laterally from the clamp plate in opposite directions to extend laterally beyond the end plate in both directions, the laterally protruding foot section and the tab being apertured, and U-bolt means are provided to engage a support leg of the bedframe and extend through the apertures in the clamp plate to be secured by nut means to the clamp plate to atfix the end plate and associated bedframe to the support leg whereby the bed headboard is supported on the bedframe.

Particular attention now is directed to the details of the structure shown in the drawings, and a combination is shown including a bed headboard 1 that has a pair of support legs 2, 2 provided therefor. As a feature of the invention, this bed headboard 1 is floated on or supported by a bedframe indicated as a whole by the numeral 3. The bedframe 3 includes a pair of side rails 4 and 5, made from metal angles or right angle shape in. section, and laterally adjustable cross rail assemblies 6 and 7 suitably secured to and extending between the rails 4. and 5 for adjusting the width of the bedframe 3 to receive bed mattresses, or the like for positioning thereby. Each of these side rails 4 and 5 has an end plate 8 suit-ably secured thereto at the headboard end thereof. The. end plates 8 are of right angular shape in section, as best shown in FIG. 4, and extend normal to the longitudinal axis of the side rails. Theend plates include a fiat surfaced rectangular leg 9 which lies flush against and usually will extend laterally beyond the margins of the support leg 2. The end plates 8 also have a leg 10 thereon extending therefrom substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the side rails 4 and 5 and usually lying flush against one leg or flange of such side rail, as illustrated in the drawing.

Bracket means of the invention are indicated as a whole by the numeral 11 and these bracket means are used for securing the bed headboard 1 to the bedframe 3 for support action thereby. The bracket means 11 include a generally L-shaped clamp plate 12 contoured to lie against the inner surfaces of the legs 9 and 10 of the end plates 8. The clamp plate 12 is considered to comprise a foot section 13 that extends laterally beyond the bed headboard support leg 2, as shown in FIG. 4, and it has a leg section 14 thereon that extends substantially parallel to and normally will lie flush againstthe leg 10 holes are provided in the protruding end of the foot section .13 andin the .tab 15 and indicated at 16 and 17, respectively, for. receiving anchor bolt means for securing, the clamp .platel'zzoperatively in the bracket means. A U-bolt 18 is also provided in the bracket means 11 and this U-bolt 18 is shown as having one short leg 19 and one relatively long leg 20 thereon. The U-bolt 18 is constructed to have a relatively short leg 19 thereof extend along one side of the bed headboard and protrude a short distance through the hole 16 in the foot section 13 of the clamp plate, whereas the relatively longer leg 20 extends the length of the leg section 14 to protrude through the hole 17 in the tab 15 on this leg section.

As another feature of the invention, wing nuts 21 are provided to engage threaded end portions on the legs of the U-bolt 18 so that the clamp plate 12 can be manually tightened to be forced down into engagement with the leg 9 of the end plate to bear thereagainst and to be drawn tightly against a support leg for the bed headboard to secure the end plates 8 and thus the bedframe 3 tightly to the bed headboard to make a unitary construction therefrom.

If desired, the leg 10 of the end plate 8 may be cut away or be of reduced depth at some sections thereof.

Patented Aug. 15, 1961 Normally the clamp plate 12 is adapted to engage any desired portion of the end plate and extend operatively therefrom for clamped engagement with a portion of a bed headboard by use of the bolt means of the invention. It will be seen that in all instances, the leg of the end plate 8 is shorter in length than the leg section 14 of the clamp plate so that a direct clamping action is secured by the clamp plate against the inner surface of the leg 9 of the end plate for forcing it intotight compression engagement with the bed headboard.

It will be seen that the bracket means 11 of the invention are relatively compact and are made from a few parts of relatively uncomplicated construction. It also will be seen that the two legsof the U-bolt 18 permit such U-bolt.

to be of minimum Weight and material to aid in providing a compact bracket means of low cost.v If desired, the 'U-bolt 18 can be made from plastic coated metal or other materials to be of attractive shape and to have no undesired abrading action on the means with which it is engaged, the U-bolt could be formed with a flattened base portion, or other load distributing section therein, as desired. The bracket means 11 are of quite sturdy design and are relatively inconspicuous in use so that bed covers can be placed thereover and the bracket means 11 will be substantially unnoticeable when operatively positioned. In View of the foregoing, it is thought that the objects of the invention have been achieved and that a relatively uncomplicated but positive type of engagement or positioning bracket has been provided by the invention.

While one complete embodiment of the invention hasbeen disclosed herein, it will be appreciated that modification of this particular embodiment of the invention may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. Bracket means for securing a bed headboard having support legs to a bedframe having vertically extending end plates of right angle shape in section on said bed frame at the headboard end thereof, said bracket means including an angular clamp plate contoured to lie against the inner faces of said end plate and having a pair of legs with a laterally extending tab at the end of one leg thereof, said clamp plate having a foot section at the end of the other leg thereof, a portion of said foot section and said tab protruding laterally from said end plate in opposite directions to extend laterally from said end plate, the laterally protruding foot sectionand said tab being apertured, U-boltmeans adapted to engage a, said support leg and extend through said apertures in said clamp plate, and means engaging said U-bolt means to bear on said clamp plate and draw it tightly into engagement with said end plate.

I 2. In combination, a bed headboard having support legs, a bedframe, vertically extending end plates of right angular shape in section on said bedframe at the headboard end thereof and having a pair of legs with one end plate leg abutted on one said support leg, and a pair of bracket means engaging said end plates and said support legs to secure said bedframeto said bed headboard, each of said bracket means including a generally L- shaped clamp plate having a laterally extending tab thereon which clamp plate is contoured to lie against the inner portion of both legs of said end plate, said clamp plate having a foot section and said tab protruding laterally therefrom in opposite directions to protrude laterally from said end plate, said foot section engaging said one end plate leg, the laterally protruding foot section and said tab being apertured, and U-bolt means engaging said support legs and extending through said apertures to be secured to said clamp plate to afiix said end plate to said support leg, one leg of said U-bolt means being shorter.

than the other and engaging said foot section of said clamp plate.

, 3. In combination, a bed headboard having support legs, a bedframe having vertically extending end plates of right angular shape in section and including a pair of legs carried on said bedframe at the headboard end thereof, one leg of each of saidend plates extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bedframe, and bracket means extending around and secured to said support legs and end plates and including a generally L-shaped clamp plate contoured to lie against the inner surface of both legs of said end plate, said clamp plate having a laterally extending tab thereon, said clamp plate having a foot section thereon with a pair of such section and said tab protruding laterally from such clamp plate in opposite directions and extending laterally from said end plate, the laterally protruding part of said foot section and said vtab being apertured, U-bolt means engaging a said support leg and extending through said apertures to engage said clamp plate to affix said end plate to a support'leg, and

means-engaging said U-bolt means to bear on said clamp plate and force it into compression engagement with said end plate, said end plate bearing against said support leg.

4. A combination as in claim 3 where said clamp plate has a leg section extending away from said bed headboard, said 'leg section being of greater axial length in the bedframe than said end plate and having said tab References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS "Bugele June; 12, 1917 Pipp ,Feb.,5, 1929 2,877,470 Roth et a1 Mar. 17, 1959 

